I have four PTS synthesizers. They're the bees knees... fixed up an Arduino interface to control 3 of them. The fourth is a special that I got through careless ebay picture and text analysis; good for some parts. Don
Jim Lux > On 9/3/13 7:14 PM, Pete Lancashire wrote: >> Ah the 8660's >> >> >> Image 22 8660A's in two racks, was an fun tax payer, paid project :-) >> >> We where never told what the master clock was. >> >> Have S/N suffix 0009 in the garage. >> >> For you time nuts, a side hobby should be frequency nuts. How to >> produce the cleanest synth'ed signal but be able to change it quickly. >> >> Made a few companies a lot of money and challenged engineers. >> >> It was quite the challenge in the late 60's into the 70's. There were >> two >> types of cusomers. Those that wanted uS switching time vs. those that >> didn't care. Nothing inbetween. >> > > When I was doing electronic warfare stuff in the 80s, microsecond > switching was the order of the day, and PTS was our friend. Nothing > like direct synthesis (mix and add) for speed. Waiting for the PLL to > settle was for casual use. As you say, either you need it or you don't, > and there's not much demand for "settle in milliseconds". > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > -- The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it. -George Bernard Shaw Dr. Don Latham AJ7LL Six Mile Systems LLC 17850 Six Mile Road POB 134 Huson, MT, 59846 VOX 406-626-4304 Skype: buffler2 www.lightningforensics.com www.sixmilesystems.com _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.